. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 976 Description: Adults are largely dark brown, 3-4 mm. long and about mm. wide. Head minutely and shallowly pitted, sparsely pubescent; eyes lateral, convex and nearly circular. Rostrum about as long as prothorax, sides paral- lel. Antennae arising from middle of rostrum in female, beyond or in front of middle in male, elbowed, clavate; scape as long as succeeding joints, resting in groove at basal half of rostrum and reaching to eye. Prothorax lj times as broad as long, sides rounded, broadest in middle, narrowed sli
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 976 Description: Adults are largely dark brown, 3-4 mm. long and about mm. wide. Head minutely and shallowly pitted, sparsely pubescent; eyes lateral, convex and nearly circular. Rostrum about as long as prothorax, sides paral- lel. Antennae arising from middle of rostrum in female, beyond or in front of middle in male, elbowed, clavate; scape as long as succeeding joints, resting in groove at basal half of rostrum and reaching to eye. Prothorax lj times as broad as long, sides rounded, broadest in middle, narrowed slightly behind and strongly constricted anteriorly, minutely pitted, and pale, with fine sparse golden pubescent below. Scutellum present. Elytra ovate, striated and finely pitted; pygidium exposed. Femora toothed. Eggs smooth, pearly white, elliptical to ovoid, about mm. long and mm. wide. Larvae wrinkled, grayish-white, crescent-shaped and legless with few scattered darker hairs. Pupae naked and resemble adults in general form; grayish-white with few scattered darker hairs. (Prepared in Plant Pest Survey Section in cooperation with other ARS agencies). CEIR 8(48) 11-28-58. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Animal and Plant Health Service. Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs; United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine; United States. Plant Pest Control Division. Hyattsville, MD. [etc. ] Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service
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